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he said i used theresa. i used her for the money. i wanted money to go to new york and become a drug dealer. her lawyers say this guy is the real master mind. >> is she prepared to die? >> i spoke to her at the the end of august. she said she had a lot of good she could use. she's become a counselor to other women in prison. she said she understood it could happen and she was prepared for it. but she really wanted to be around for her children and grandson, even if she was in prison. >> did she understand, when you were able to speak with her. did she understand why she is facing the death penalty? i asked that based on the evaluation of her i.q. in her mind, she said she wasn't pulling the trigger, so she didn't think she was wrong. >> theresa lewis is scheduled the to die at 9:00 p.m. by lethal injection. >>> defense secretary robert gates is responding to the book "obama wars." the book details the leadup to the troop surge in afghanistan. secretary gates did not get into details of what he said to bob woodward. but he denied the
he said i used theresa. i used her for the money. i wanted money to go to new york and become a drug dealer. her lawyers say this guy is the real master mind. >> is she prepared to die? >> i spoke to her at the the end of august. she said she had a lot of good she could use. she's become a counselor to other women in prison. she said she understood it could happen and she was prepared for it. but she really wanted to be around for her children and grandson, even if she was in...
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luke russert is on capitol hill for us and, luke, give us the thumbnail sketch here. what is in this pledge? >> the pledge has to deal with five other areas. it has to deal with jobs, the economy, reforming congress and congress spending national security and some of the specific things you'll see in this pledge from the republicans today, they'll rule out the following. they want to reduce government spending and go back to 2008 levels that has to do with national security. they want to repeal the national health care law and mortgage giants fannie mae and freddie mac and they want to make the bush tax cuts permanent. those are some of the main facefa facets and president obama is coming on stage right now and we'll hear from him and his national security speech. >> the president, when you recall when he first went before this world stage basically said to folks there that he knows that there are a lot of expectations accompanying my presidency. let's listen in to hear what his second message is before the u.n. general assembly. >> there are also challenges that we s
luke russert is on capitol hill for us and, luke, give us the thumbnail sketch here. what is in this pledge? >> the pledge has to deal with five other areas. it has to deal with jobs, the economy, reforming congress and congress spending national security and some of the specific things you'll see in this pledge from the republicans today, they'll rule out the following. they want to reduce government spending and go back to 2008 levels that has to do with national security. they want to...
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we used to rank at the top. we are now 21st in science, 25th in math. >> that interview part of a weeklong nbc news event "education nation" an in-depth look at state of our children's schools. joining me now is political analyst richard wolffe, also the author of "renegade, the making of a president." how much faith does the white house have that they can get young people to the polls? >> reporter: well, what they want to do is obviously re-create the coalition that took the president over the top in 2008 and those are the people who traditionally don't vote in midterms. they feel they have something to talk about with them, whether it's about education in general or specifics about the health care bill. one of the first provisions to kick in young students in wisconsin and elsewhere can stay on family health care policy right now. so that is a change which dauz peel to young voters but it's tough getting people out in the midterms. >> to your point of getting them to the midterms, take a look at this poll we'v
we used to rank at the top. we are now 21st in science, 25th in math. >> that interview part of a weeklong nbc news event "education nation" an in-depth look at state of our children's schools. joining me now is political analyst richard wolffe, also the author of "renegade, the making of a president." how much faith does the white house have that they can get young people to the polls? >> reporter: well, what they want to do is obviously re-create the coalition...
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the weather channel's jim cantore joins us live via skype. this was nerve-racking, bermuda waiting for it to hit. what happened last night, jim? >> reporter: absolutely. talking about what once was a fabian storm potential to hit in through here, the worst in 2003, that they've had which turned into obviously a much lighter situation but it done mean we won't have impacts. reports are saying considerable damage to the power grid. they've got a lot of cleanup but they are going to get a handle on thattess this morning and bring back the 30,000 that have lost power as a result of the storm. i've got to show you this. this is a amazing to me. we had 20 to 40-foot seas and as we pan out, look how beautiful the ocean water, you wouldn't know that a hurricane rolled through here and to for last 33 hours straight we've had gusts or sustained tropical storm force winds at the airport. this is amazing. people are walking beaches, checking it out. there's been considerable erosion on these beaches. you can tell from the angle that i'm at. but everybody
the weather channel's jim cantore joins us live via skype. this was nerve-racking, bermuda waiting for it to hit. what happened last night, jim? >> reporter: absolutely. talking about what once was a fabian storm potential to hit in through here, the worst in 2003, that they've had which turned into obviously a much lighter situation but it done mean we won't have impacts. reports are saying considerable damage to the power grid. they've got a lot of cleanup but they are going to get a...
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the hollywood director joins us live. i'm coming to take over the world, of lick racing, starting with you, dsrl. stufy, make the call. ♪ [ dialing ] [ beeping ] [ beeping ] [ beeping ] [ eli ] it's go time. ♪ ♪ to save me a boatload of money on my mortgage -- that would be awesome! [sarcastically] sure. like that will happen. don't just think about it. spend 10 minutes at lendingtree and save up to $272 a month. ♪ [ male announcer ] we touch a lot of things throughout the day. so it's nice that clorox disinfecting products help kill the germs that can live on surfaces for up to 48 hours. ♪ feels sweet when i can touch you ♪ > trust me on this one, live tv can get pretty crazy. there's just so many moving parts. usually, the chaos is confined here to the control room. however, however, that certainly was not the case in the live finale of australia's "top model." you have got to see this. watch what happens after the host announces the winner. >> oh, my god. i don't know what to say right now. i'm feeling a bi
the hollywood director joins us live. i'm coming to take over the world, of lick racing, starting with you, dsrl. stufy, make the call. ♪ [ dialing ] [ beeping ] [ beeping ] [ beeping ] [ eli ] it's go time. ♪ ♪ to save me a boatload of money on my mortgage -- that would be awesome! [sarcastically] sure. like that will happen. don't just think about it. spend 10 minutes at lendingtree and save up to $272 a month. ♪ [ male announcer ] we touch a lot of things throughout the day. so it's...
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guys, thank you for joining us. doesn't the white house actually want the vote at the moment so they can tout it as a win going into midterms? >> i think they want this vote and there are members of the senate and house who wanted this vote. ultimately leadership decided it didn't make sense for them which is a shame because most americans can agree that at a time of incredible deficits now is not the time to be giving an additional tax break to the richest americans. so, while i don't think this was the most politically savvy move for democrats, i think this would have been a good thing for them going into midterms to force a vote on this. i do think there is a silver lining which is when we come back from midterms, i think you're more likely to get some republican support for this. >> john, who would stand to gain by delaying this, by putting this off? >> it's a very good question, richard. i think if you look at the democrats, you could charge them with legislative malpractice. they didn't do a budget at the begi
guys, thank you for joining us. doesn't the white house actually want the vote at the moment so they can tout it as a win going into midterms? >> i think they want this vote and there are members of the senate and house who wanted this vote. ultimately leadership decided it didn't make sense for them which is a shame because most americans can agree that at a time of incredible deficits now is not the time to be giving an additional tax break to the richest americans. so, while i don't...
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call us at... or visit your local liberty mutual office, where an agent can help you find the policy that's right for you. liberty mutual auto insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? >>> we are watching not one, not two, but three storms. what a busy seizeten has been outside the continental u.s. bill karins has your morning weather. good morning, bill. >> first things first a dangerous situation developing for our friends in mexico. they'll likely deal with a category 2, possibly category 3 hurricane making landfall tomorrow afternoon. they're finding it much stronger than expected and looks like it's rapidly intensifying. not what you want to hear. tampico looks okay. poza rica is pretty much inland, so it's coastal areas near there that will get hit the hardest on friday night. to deal with igor, huge, monster storm. this storm is moving at the speed of a turtle, by the way. take another four days to get to bermuda and hopefully weaken sunday night down to a category 2, but still a blow t
call us at... or visit your local liberty mutual office, where an agent can help you find the policy that's right for you. liberty mutual auto insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? >>> we are watching not one, not two, but three storms. what a busy seizeten has been outside the continental u.s. bill karins has your morning weather. good morning, bill. >> first things first a dangerous situation developing for our friends in mexico. they'll likely deal with a category 2,...
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almost one in four of us do not wash our hands after using the public restrooms. the study determined that both numbers are up since the last study conducted in 2007. that's the silver lining, i guess. i washed my hands. >>> senate democrats believe they have the votes to pass a bill to help small businesses. george voinovich promised he will join with democrats to get this all done. now, it could be a huge victory at a time the democrats are looking for accomplishments here to talk about on the campaign trail as we hit the mid-term elections. will larry is the ceo of target labs and he met with president obama yesterday. and what you did is you were actually in a backyard and you had an opportunity to meet the president, talk face-to-face, you own a small business in the i.t. area, i guess just under 100 people. and the real question i want to ask you, as a small business owner here, what do you need for your business right now? >> well, actually, we do need additional breach capital to extend our business right now. this is what we need. and we tried to apply wi
almost one in four of us do not wash our hands after using the public restrooms. the study determined that both numbers are up since the last study conducted in 2007. that's the silver lining, i guess. i washed my hands. >>> senate democrats believe they have the votes to pass a bill to help small businesses. george voinovich promised he will join with democrats to get this all done. now, it could be a huge victory at a time the democrats are looking for accomplishments here to talk...
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what can you tell us, stephanie, about these arrests? >> it's fair to say that security is of the utmost concern right now and they're working with an abundance of caution when it comes to the pope. this is a plot that surfaced late last night and they didn't waste any time. upon hearing the information, britain's counterterrorism command went in early this morning in westminster, which is a neighborhood in london, central london where the pope is going to be giving a speech later on today. they arrested five men at a shop there and brought them to a police station where they are currently questioning them. so far they have not been charged with anything. but, you know, this is, this is all part of the security operation surrounding the pope. he's been, everywhere he has been there have been streets blocked off. this morning we had difficulty getting to the university where he was speaking to, we showed up a bit too late. once he was on the grounds, they stopped all foot traffic and no one was allowed in or out. they're not taking any ri
what can you tell us, stephanie, about these arrests? >> it's fair to say that security is of the utmost concern right now and they're working with an abundance of caution when it comes to the pope. this is a plot that surfaced late last night and they didn't waste any time. upon hearing the information, britain's counterterrorism command went in early this morning in westminster, which is a neighborhood in london, central london where the pope is going to be giving a speech later on...
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bill karins joins us. you have your work cut out for you. >> this is reminiscesent of when we went back to 2005. we went through the alphabet and had to go to the greek alphabet. all the storms have not been near us. 2005 we had the katrinas and this year everything away from us. mexico had to deal with the tropical storm that happened about an hour ago. tropical storm karl made landfall north of belize and probably doing minor damage. more warm water should restrengthen. here's the forecast from the hurricane center and take it back out into the gulf thursday night into friday morning and bring it up to a category 1 hurricane and then makes landfall for a second time in mexico. texas, you look safe from this storm. here's our computer models and all stay well to the south through the southern mexico. from texas to florida up the east coast, we're okay. the two big storms, this is just a rare event and kind of a treat to watch it from afar. you don't get two category 4 hurricanes usually this close to each
bill karins joins us. you have your work cut out for you. >> this is reminiscesent of when we went back to 2005. we went through the alphabet and had to go to the greek alphabet. all the storms have not been near us. 2005 we had the katrinas and this year everything away from us. mexico had to deal with the tropical storm that happened about an hour ago. tropical storm karl made landfall north of belize and probably doing minor damage. more warm water should restrengthen. here's the...
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call us at... or visit your local liberty mutual office, where an agent can help you find the policy that's right for you. liberty mutual auto insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? >>> welcome back, everybody. if you have been with us this morning, a breaking news situation coming to us out of miami where the university of miami bank of america there is a robbery and hostage situation going on there as we have been told by reporters on the scene, there was a bank of america branch manager and teller inside that building, but the manager was allowed to go and we're uncertain if the teller still remains inside as a hostage or not. police have been on the scene now for almost four hours. the person inside that they believe was trying to rob this bank, they believe that he had some type of device strapped around him, but we're still following the story to bring you more details. we'll continue to follow it and bring it to you here on msnbc. >>> mare harrowing testimony forensic officials are d
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used to use. old textbooks. is that what's behind this? are they looking backward right now? >> yes. they looked at three old history textbooks that were used in texas classrooms from 1999 to 2002. but some of the board members also went back and looked at current textbooks and said they suspect that some of the same problems are in the current books. >> okay. well, anyway, suspecting that which is current, there is one example given by the resolution that reads in one stance, devoting 120 student text lines to christian beliefs, practices and holy writings but 248, more than twice as many, to those are islam. will this be enacted in the future by literally counting words? is that what this is going to come to? >> it's hard to say. this isn't a legally binding resolution. it's basicallily just a strong warning to textbook companies from one of their largest markets. whether they are going to nitpick line by line, that seems difficult to do. we'll have to wait and see. >> real quickly, texes say huge market. does this mean because of the power they have and the sheer volume of
used to use. old textbooks. is that what's behind this? are they looking backward right now? >> yes. they looked at three old history textbooks that were used in texas classrooms from 1999 to 2002. but some of the board members also went back and looked at current textbooks and said they suspect that some of the same problems are in the current books. >> okay. well, anyway, suspecting that which is current, there is one example given by the resolution that reads in one stance,...
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and that's not going to come from us, quite frankly. and it's probably not going to come from anybody other than, let's say, russia, who has a great deal of influence inside iran because russia, because they've got very strong economic ties. >> how about the united nations? could that serve an influns? because to me, you see ahmadinejad taking the stage there and seeing how the government was behind the 911 attacks. we have diplomats all over the place saying we're not going to listen to this and they leave. >> nobody takes it seriously either. no, no, it's going to take an awful lot of pressure on iran. we are hoping that the moderates are going to revolt. the moderates do not revolt. that's who's in control of it now and if we're going to wait until the moderate people try to take control of iran and for these people to get freed from jail will be waiting a long time. >>> changing faces, changes places. president obama will soon have to find some new advisors, will that mean a change in direction for the president? ♪ ...and trust...
and that's not going to come from us, quite frankly. and it's probably not going to come from anybody other than, let's say, russia, who has a great deal of influence inside iran because russia, because they've got very strong economic ties. >> how about the united nations? could that serve an influns? because to me, you see ahmadinejad taking the stage there and seeing how the government was behind the 911 attacks. we have diplomats all over the place saying we're not going to listen to...